Neuroscience Bulletin commits to requiring ORCID iDs from authors - August 9, 2017
The Neuroscience Bulletin recently signed the ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) Open Letter committing to requiring ORCID iDs from authors. The international scholarly identifiers will be collected during submission using ScholarOne Manuscripts, enhancing the authors' publishing experience. It is the first China-based journal to sign… Read More
John Greivenkamp of Arizona University elected to SPIE presidential chain - August 9, 2017
SPIE Fellow John Greivenkamp, professor of optical science and ophthalmology at the College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, has been elected to serve as the 2018 Vice President of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. With his election, Greivenkamp joins the SPIE presidential… Read More
SSRN launches ChemRN – a new network dedicated to chemistry - August 8, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, has announced that SSRN, its working paper repository and preprint server, has launched the Chemistry Research Network - ChemRN. The launch of ChemRN follows hot on the heels of the BioRN launch in June 2017, SSRN's… Read More
Crystal Stone joins SSP as General Manager - August 8, 2017
The Society for Scholarly Publishing has announced Crystal Stone as the new General Manager. Crystal is an accomplished association management professional with more than 12 years of expertise in helping organisations and volunteers reach new levels of success. The position of General Manager focuses on… Read More
Zynx Health introduces FHIR-standard API to deliver evidence-based content for enhanced care - August 8, 2017
Evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement solutions provider Zynx HealthTM has announced the availability of the Zynx Health API, which provides access to Zynx content in the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard format. Third-party solution developers and providers can leverage Zynx Health's API-based content to help… Read More
eLife joins Substance Consortium; supports development of open-source online content-editing tools - August 8, 2017
eLife recently joined a consortium of organisations committed to supporting Substance, a JavaScript library of tools for web-based content editing. As an open-source project first started in 2010, Substance provides the building blocks for realising custom text editors and web-based publishing systems that are critical… Read More
